I received my sprint s6 edge today and have noticed that the screen will randomly go to landscape while browsing without any or very little movement and then it will get stuck in landscape. The only way to get it back to portrait is to return to the homescreen or another screen that forces portrait view.
Anyone else experiencimg this issue?
It's very odd I seem to be the only person with this problem. I've never had this issue on a phone before. I've noticed it seems to get stuck in landscape most often when using the stock browser, but it does happen with other apps.
My screen doesnt rotate at all .i have galaxy edge sprint version.im ok with it though but it kind of sucks that i cant figure put the issue
Brian288 said:
My screen doesnt rotate at all .i have galaxy edge sprint version.im ok with it though but it kind of sucks that i cant figure put the issue
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How can you be okay with it? Lol. It drives crazy. So yours doesn't do into landscape at all?
5harkology said:
How can you be okay with it? Lol. It drives crazy. So yours doesn't do into landscape at all?
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Nope .well yes if i force it to like when im in the youtube app for example i can swtich it there by pressing the button. I guess im loving the phone soo much right now that im overlooking the auto rotation as something minor .i hope they push an update to fix it .im still trying to search for a solution myself
Mine is totally stuck as well, ie thats broken. Anyone got any ideas on this, I am seeing more and more people on various forums with the issue.
At this point its back to AT&T for me....
it only rotates within the APP. To obtain full rotation you have to have a 3rd party app like NOVA and enable screen orientation within the settings.
Mine just started doing this today too. Noticed it first with my camera app symbols being upside down and all my pictures coming out upside down too. Then realized my screen rotation isn't working.
sum1one said:
it only rotates within the APP. To obtain full rotation you have to have a 3rd party app like NOVA and enable screen orientation within the settings.
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Nope not true..it doesnt even work with nova launcher installed...also anyone noticing the people edge lighting not working either...the phone is supposed to flash colors depending on the contacts when faced down...buts its not doing it for me
Screen rotation not working for me either. ..
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Hopefully this is just a software thing and they can push out a quick update.
Just realized that my screen rotation was normal before the update. I took a couple pictures at some point before the update and those are the only ones not upside down.
Has everyone with an issue installed the update? Anyone notice if it started afterwards?
lilbilly said:
Mine just started doing this today too. Noticed it first with my camera app symbols being upside down and all my pictures coming out upside down too. Then realized my screen rotation isn't working.
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happened to me randomly too. had to get a new unit from tmobile.
I have the tmobile version and mines rotates perfect
Got my s6 edge yesterday and gyro scope doesn't work so the camera buttons and picture are stuck on landscape and no apps will go to landscape mode so I tried the test screen which says the gyro is failing getting replacement on 21st, dial *#0*# to test it.
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I have the Galaxy S6 Edge with Sprint and I took it in today because I am unable to view photos in Landscape mode I also downloaded some movies on it and when I went to the video player They wouldn't go into landscape mode either I finally figured out that If I turned off the screen rotation setting then went back and played the video a small screen rotate option apprered I tapped that and the video went into landscape mode I turned the main Screen rotation setting back on and it came out of landscape mode
I tried using the Internet in landscape mode and it wouldn't go period they checked my sensors and they were all working so I did a master reset I still can't view photos in Landscape mode videos are the same and if I view the Internet in landscape mode it locks in that way and I have to close it completely in order to get out of landscape mode
It has to be a s9software issue and Samsung needs to get on the freaking ball
I am also experiencing this issue.
I am returning the phone tomorrow, after speaking with Samsung and my carrier they agreed I should return it.
I made a thread on the androidcentral forums about it which I wanted to link, but I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. Good stuff.
I looked at the axis device movement graph thingy for my phone. Phone x coords are stuck at -32768 :/
I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. So, that's great. But there is an image on the androidcentral post of it.
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face_of_goat said:
I am also experiencing this issue.
I am returning the phone tomorrow, after speaking with Samsung and my carrier they agreed I should return it.
I made a thread on the androidcentral forums about it which I wanted to link, but I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. Good stuff.
I looked at the axis device movement graph thingy for my phone. Phone x coords are stuck at -32768 :/
I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. So, that's great. But there is an image on the androidcentral post of it.
Imgur " sL33Wfb "
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my x coord is also stuck at -32768
Eddy420 said:
I have the Galaxy S6 Edge with Sprint and I took it in today because I am unable to view photos in Landscape mode I also downloaded some movies on it and when I went to the video player They wouldn't go into landscape mode either I finally figured out that If I turned off the screen rotation setting then went back and played the video a small screen rotate option apprered I tapped that and the video went into landscape mode I turned the main Screen rotation setting back on and it came out of landscape mode
I tried using the Internet in landscape mode and it wouldn't go period they checked my sensors and they were all working so I did a master reset I still can't view photos in Landscape mode videos are the same and if I view the Internet in landscape mode it locks in that way and I have to close it completely in order to get out of landscape mode
It has to be a s9software issue and Samsung needs to get on the freaking ball
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Im saying the same thing. This has to be more of a software issue if the sensors are working. hopefully there will be a mnor update of some kind
rotation issues
Brian288 said:
Im saying the same thing. This has to be more of a software issue if the sensors are working. hopefully there will be a mnor update of some kind
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I'm almost positive and the reason why is because when I was in the Spint Store and Best Buy I was checking out The S6 Edge both had photos downloaded on them as well as a few short film clips and the landscape mode worked perfectly
At Best Buy over in the Samsung area they have taken Wonders of nature movie that comes preloaded on the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 tablet and downloaded it on the all the S6 phones so you could really be amazed at how beautiful the display is on these phones
I watched that movie in landscape mode without having to go through all the hassle I'm having to now.
That's why I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on and neither could the techs at the Sprint store because they S6 phones that have been on display don't have this problem because they haven't been updated.
Or at least they hadn't been the last time I pcked one up and looked at it and that was Friday
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Im saying the same thing. This has to be more of a software issue if the sensors are working. hopefully there will be a mnor update of some kind
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Mine worked initially, at least I think it did because my pictures were normal. I took a few pictures when I first got it up and going and then later that evening I downloaded the big software update and at some point after that it was different. Not sure if it was the update or something else.
Just got a Verizon Gear S today, paired with my Note 4. I use the fingerprint lock screen on the Note, and noticed that when the Gear is paired with it, I have to go through two lock screens - a simple swipe screen that then leads to the fingerprint lock screen. I have to unlock the phone twice, which I really don't like. As soon as I unpair the two, the lock screen works as normal.
I've searched the Gear for some kind of setting that would cause this, but can't find one. Anyone else seen this or have any ideas?
Thanks.
EDIT: Actually, it's worse than I thought. The top swipe lockscreen totally bypasses the fingerprint lock, so I have no security.
Nevermind. I had set it up as a trusted device. My bad, I'm an idiot.
It took me a while also to figure out the trusted device thing
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EDIT: this issue was caused by the double tap to lock screen from nova prime.
Hello,
Sorry mods if there's another thread with this issue but I didn't find it.
So my problem appeared 2 days ago. At first I thought my phone was restarting in my pocket but that wasn't the case. Almost every time I try to unlock my phone using the finger print I get this message "use backup password instead of fingerprint sensor because of security policy".
Do you have this issue? How did you solve it?
Galaxy s6 edge emerald green SMG 925F, Android version 6.0.1. Kernel 3.10. 61-7884513. Security patch may 1 2016.
Thank you!
Edit: screenshot: http://imgur.com/eY5Fpka
Hello,
I think this is related to the last update. It happens if you lock the screen with an app, not if you use the power button ? It is like that on mine.
Sorry for my english
styx42 said:
Hello,
I think this is related to the last update. It happens if you lock the screen with an app, not if you use the power button ? It is like that on mine.
Sorry for my english
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I came back here to edit the post. Yup, that's exactly what was happening. I have Nova prime and I was using the double tap gesture to lock the screen.
Any way to solve this "bug"? I always use a software lock to preserve the physical button and now I have to use the button to be able to use fingerprint wth??
I have both a S10+ as well as a Note 10+. When setting up Nova Launcher I have enabled double tap to lock. Went into the accessibility opens to ensure it is turned on for Nova. Everything works fine on the Note 10+, when double tapping the screen turns off properly. The S10+ screen turns off when double tapping than turns back on to the lock screen. Loving everything about this phone other than this little quirky issue. Not a fan of the Device Admin app method as the facial unlock doesn't work when waking the device the next time. First person that comes to a solution gets a prize.
My Redmi Note 4 display screen keeps opening again after I lock my screen . Within 2 seconds after lock it opens.
MIUI Version - 11.0.2.
I have restarted my phone and same issue happens.
This is very strange if no one else is facing something like this. By any chance do you use Smart Lock..?
mike_bravo said:
This is very strange if no one else is facing something like this. By any chance do you use Smart Lock..?
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No I dont use it.
ash432 said:
My Redmi Note 4 display screen keeps opening again after I lock my screen . Within 2 seconds after lock it opens.
MIUI Version - 11.0.2.
I have restarted my phone and same issue happens.
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Now its working fine. I had deleted some files manually to free up some disk space. I think that's why it was causing the issue. After some days of usage of phone it automatically got fixed.